(Closed) Graphic/sad facebook “share” photos, what are these about?

Recently on Facebook I have noticed my feed clogged up with these graphic photos of everything from mangled animals who have been subject to abuse, to very sick babies and children. The images are always “shared” by other friends on my list and the captions say that if you share the picture so many times, money will be donated to such and such.

Has anyone seen anything like this? The pictures literally make me sick to my stomach, and sometimes teary eyed. I just saw one of a little toddler in a body cast, and the caption said $1 would be donated for every “share” the photo received. I wonder if these are even legitimate claims; how can anyone track how many times the photo is shared? And if not, why would you even want to circulate these horrifying photos?

In the history of the internet, none of those “share and $1 will be donated” things has been true. It makes me so sad that they continue to ploy on people’s heartstrings and be circulated over and over again – especially since it’s a classic case of “armchair” activism that does NOBODY any good. If you want to donate money to a cause, then go donate it rather than sit on your butt forwarding an email to everyone you’ve ever met/posting a picture on Facebook. Argggg.

I got the one of the German Shepard that some kids had tiad a firecracker in his mouth. I almost threw up, and started crying. Fiance thought I was nuts until he saw it. I couldn’t even read the whole blurb about it, so didnt know it was a spam thing. I thnk it’s mostly for shock value.

I have a few friends who have gotten into the animal abuse thing recently post at least one picture of an abused animal a day to spread the ’cause’. The pictures are sick and they make me so sad. I wish they had an option of ‘types of things’ you can block from your news feeds. I don’t want to completely block them. I just don’t want to see their photos they’re posting.

The child abuse ones bother me so bad! I see them everyday and people just keep sharing them for no reason… I wouldn’t want that on my facebook and I don’t want to see it on the main wall. I wish people would stop creating them.